The Official Atelier Viollet Blog

This week we are excited to share another beautiful design by Peter Marino. This lovely bed and pair of night tables feature a parchment wrap, a finish specified by the world’s top decorators for some of their most exquisite projects. Atelier Viollet has been creating parchment masterpieces like these for over 25 years and was… [Read More]

Atelier Viollet recently completed a sleek dining table featuring a walnut burl top and a base in mirror polished stainless steel, designed by the studio of world-renowned architect Peter Marino. Burl veneer derives from trees that have grown in some deformed manner, caused by injury, virus, or fungus. These unusual growth patterns lead to highly… [Read More]

Atelier Viollet proudly presents a new sideboard in the style of Jean-Michel Frank, whose brilliant Art Deco designs have inspired innumerable modern designers. The workshop’s admiration for Frank and his work shines through beautifully in this piece, comprised of ebonized walnut and grey parchment sideboard. The contrast between the deep stain of the walnut and… [Read More]

This new sideboard perfectly represents the impeccable craftsmanship and beauty for which Atelier Viollet is known. Commissioned by Michael S. Smith, the piece is framed with a rich Narra veneer and paneled with dyed shagreen. Each skin was hand-picked to give the cabinet the most life, while the color-development and dyeing processes were handled by… [Read More]

In 2015, Drake/Anderson approached Atelier Viollet in the hopes of fabricating an elegant but powerful TV lift cabinet to house a 65-inch television. Because the craftspeople at Atelier Viollet enjoy nothing more than a challenge, the proposal was, of course, accepted. This beautiful sideboard, featured recently in the Elle Decor article, “House Tour: An Art-Filled… [Read More]

Designed by Georgis & Migorodsky, Atelier Viollet proudly introduces its blackened mica and black nickel console. The latest in the workshop’s achievements, this console takes on the traditional curved form, but with a twist: the legs are united by cross-bars at the bottom. The console also plays with light and color. Although both the mica… [Read More]